Tadpoles of four sympatric megophryinid frogs (Anura, Megophryidae, Megophryinae) from Mangshan in southern China
Bookreader Item Preview
Share or Embed This Item
texts
Tadpoles of four sympatric megophryinid frogs (Anura, Megophryidae, Megophryinae) from Mangshan in southern China
- Publication date
- 2023-1-9
- Usage
- Attribution 4.0 International


- Topics
- Amphibian, integrative taxonomy, larvae, Megophrys, Nanling Mountains
- Publisher
- Pensoft Publishers
- Collection
- biodiversity
- Contributor
- Pensoft Publishers
- Language
- English
- Rights
- https://biodiversitylibrary.org/permissions
- Rights-holder
- Copyright held by individual article author(s).
- Volume
- 1139
- Item Size
- 35.9M
- Abstract
- Sympatric distribution and potentially long larval development time make the assignment of tadpoles confusing in Asian-horned frogs of the subfamily Megophryinae. In this study, we used molecular data to identify four syntopic megophryinid tadpoles from Mangshan on the border between Hunan and Guangdong provinces in southern China: Brachytarsophrys popei, Boulenophrys shimentaina, Bo. cf. ombrophila, and Bo. nanlingensis. A detailed re-description of the Br. popei tadpoles is provided as well as the first descriptions of three Boulenophrys tadpoles based on external morphology and coloration. An effort is attempted to distinguish these tadpoles by coloration patterns: the dorsal pattern, ventral pattern, and pattern on tail are useful for field identification of these tadpoles. However, the variation of color pattern could sometimes make species delineation difficult. Researchers are encouraged to document coloration in life with photographs and the collection of tadpoles of different development stages and sizes advocated in order to better understand how color may change during larval development.
- Addeddate
- 2025-03-20 20:01:46
- Bhl_virtual_titleid
- 210914
- Bhl_virtual_volume
- v.1139 (2023)
- Call number
- 10_3897_zookeys_1139_81641
- Call-number
- 10_3897_zookeys_1139_81641
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Genre
- article
- Identifier
- tadpolesfoursym1139qian
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/s22jh3s77rm
- Identifier-bib
- 10_3897_zookeys_1139_81641
- Identifier-doi
- 10.3897/zookeys.1139.81641
- Ocr
- tesseract 5.3.0-6-g76ae
- Ocr_detected_lang
- en
- Ocr_detected_lang_conf
- 1.0000
- Ocr_detected_script
- Latin
- Ocr_detected_script_conf
- 1.0000
- Ocr_module_version
- 0.0.21
- Ocr_parameters
- -l eng
- Page_number_confidence
- 78
- Page_number_module_version
- 1.0.5
- Page_range
- 1-32
- Pages
- 32
- Pdf_degraded
- invalid-jp2-headers
- Pdf_module_version
- 0.0.25
- Possible copyright status
- In copyright. Digitized with the permission of the rights holder.
- Ppi
- 300
- Source
- ZooKeys 1139
- Year
- 2023
comment
Reviews
100 Views
DOWNLOAD OPTIONS
For users with print-disabilities
IN COLLECTIONS
Biodiversity Heritage LibraryUploaded by Smithsonian Libraries and Archives on
Open Library